Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-12-29
THE ALLOPAThiC GEAR.
Extract from Lecture BY Dr.. Flower
Of n ,siOu.

This Is the subject or title of lecture
recently delivered Ia Des Moines by DR.,
Il, G. Flower, of Boston. In the course
nf his lecture the orator took occasion
denuunre the Iowa medical law as unjust
aud NJ the means OF placing the medical
practice Of the State In the hands Of M
incompetent class If Professionals
They have bacn from first to last the
sworn enemies OF the American press,
A voice: That's sol Applause.
An nllopnihc doctor said to me some time
ngo, why. sir, never advertise. What
do you think Of THAR" said: MY dear
sir. perhaps you never did anything III /"
advertise; this IL the reason you do not"
want to say when speak Of allopathic
doctors that have nothing personally
against them. They are my friends and
am theirs, They like me us ! like them
Laughter ! am on the most intimate
terms with many Of them. The leading
allopaihic physicians Of this country, be
II said TO their praise. never ask for n
medical law. A prominent allopalhi'
physician Of Boston appeared before the
Legislature expecting him to say Yes
gentleman, we want medical law he
was asked the question, Don't YOU want
medical law" That great man Of the
Boston University, almost tho rival In
brains Of n Humboldt, paused moment
and looked over the doctors that were
asking for IL md saw as sickly and par
alytic set. intellectually. ms he ever Ind
set eyes upon. mo gentleman, yoi do
not need amy medical law, you need more
brains" Laughter and applause Now.
let the ordinary allopalhic doctor do u
little something. He don't believe In
advertising, oh no. When he starts to
practice what does no dOY He puts u
sign up on the door, 80 and so. NJ. ID.
He has some cards with Nj. d.. that he
slips ont wherever he caT get anybody to
take them. II he Ia introduced he wants
to be intr duccd ~ Dr. SO and So. and he
will never forgive you II you omit IT, IL
he goes TO another county 10 attend D
little society. or II he mas case he thinks
he has half way brought out OF trouble,
wha, dnel he dor He has ten party
and calls r. the physicians for u society
meeting, Calls In n poor reporter and
gives him Il l n b Of cheese and @ Ike and
tells him 10 MAKE minute Of the meet
ing This done. he will take 1t around
and show 1t tc all III friends. Laughter
They do believe In advertising, but they
do believe In paying for It.. Instead
OF going to a newspaper aud ssying t. the
editor have performed u cute. case
that ha' been givenu up for years. regard
II ns remarkable. | am anxious that The
facts be known to the public. | wish you
to go and investigate my statement
| wish you TO verify everything.
so you are satisfied yourself that what !
4. Al, a. t.tt ul
the facts to the world and will pay you
like prince. This IL manly.this Is proper;
this Is enterprise. But TO beat your way
through the press opposing advertisements
on the one hand. but on the other getting
oil the cheap advertisement they can for
nothing Il cowardly. the work OF beat
and that Is what these doctors do
Laughter and applause Suppose this
bill had passed the Massachusetts Legisla-
ture, and suppose the same kind OF bill
should pass in every State, 1t would take
out Of the Golfers of the papers Of the
State of Iowa. and out of the job printing
office In the STATE Of Iowa. over four
militia seven hundred thousand dollars
every year. all to please the paralytic
spleens OF these NJ. DIS. You stop the
manufacture Of proprietary medicine and
you will close up three elevenths OF all
the drug stores ~ the United States and
two.thirleenths Of the job printing pres ,es,
all for the purpose Of pleasing this small
class of incompetent professionals The
most ridiculous feature OF this bill was
this. that they asked that on the outside
of the bottle of every proprietary medi-
cine the manufacturer be compelled To
write his furinulae IN the bottle In plain
English. They want to know what is In
the medicine. They know that there Is
more virtue in these medicines than they
possess ard they want To get at It, II Is
the class OF people who never write any
thing in plain English themselves who
ask that their rivals be compelled H.. You
60 to some allopaihic doctor tonight and
he will give you prescription which the
ordinary inan cannot read. He will write
il in Latil, or continental LaIn. or in
Russian Polish Latin. or in dog Latin. OF
something e'se. Laughter.l Yet these
doctors ask that their rivals be compelled
to do what IL has never been possible fol-
them to do That Is cnwardy. That !,
asking for an advantage which man o!
chiyalry would never ask.
FIRE ut Northwood. early on the morn
ing of Dec. II. completely destroyed al
entire block Of business houses. Lnss |
estimated at about $4,000; Insurance.
light.
Left Rome In u Passion.
PARIS. Dec. 20.-The duke Of Norfolk